As promised, a sleeveless version! I'm calling this particular color "Sunshine on Her Shoulders". Yes, probably a tad cornball, but when you are talking about little girls, you're allowed, right? It took me a long time to decide on a yoke treatment. I thought about horizontal trim and ruled it out with all that is going on with the buttons and the skirt print itself. In the end I decided to do a simple scallop treatment that really stands out against the bright yellow of the yoke. So sweet.
The other thing I started messing around with this afternoon is some of the free textures on flickr. Through the magic of photoshop I was able to apply it to my favorite photograph of my child wearing the sunshine dress. Let me know what you think!
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Love it-- is it rick rack applied to the bodice or did you do an inset panel? I wish I could come watch you draft patterns-- it's by far my lest-skilled crafting area.
Well, I'm not the best either, and lots of it is trial and error. Here is a trade secret: when I do a design on a yoke and I need that to be in a specific place, I usually do the treatment on the fabric first, then cut the pattern out. I made two small pleats and then added an off the fabric scalloped edge to each. I then took the pattern piece, and overlayed it onto the fabric so that the treatment would be centered. Make sense?
"I'm not the best, either..." says she whose shop is full of amazing, original designs by the dozen. Ha.
I sort of get what you are saying. I sense the need for a tutiorial on this page.
I know, I know, I've been meaning to do one on piping for ages...
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